But in an effort to eliminate many arguments re: relativistic miscalculations of satellite orbits, I thought they conducted additional experiments using synched atomic clocks in lieu of GPS satellites.
Did the atomic clocks feed the same HSSL cards over the same fiber link? Terry Blanton <[email protected]> wrote: >http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2012/02/breaking-news-error-undoes-faster.html > >"According to sources familiar with the experiment, the 60 nanoseconds >discrepancy appears to come from a bad connection between a fiber >optic cable that connects to the GPS receiver used to correct the >timing of the neutrinos' flight and an electronic card in a computer. >After tightening the connection and then measuring the time it takes >data to travel the length of the fiber, researchers found that the >data arrive 60 nanoseconds earlier than assumed. Since this time is >subtracted from the overall time of flight, it appears to explain the >early arrival of the neutrinos. New data, however, will be needed to >confirm this hypothesis." > >
